Financial Examiner Family
Career series with 4 positions across 4 levels
Financial Examiner is a career-ladder family in New Jersey civil service, with 4 titles spanning 4 levels.
Entry is typically through Financial Examiner 1, advancing through the ladder toward Financial Examiner 4. Pay across the family spans $63,663 to $148,187, around the 78th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 33 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Banking and Insurance.
Financial Examiner is a common next step after License Examiner and Insurance Examiner.
Positions in This Family
- FINANCIAL EXAMINER 2 (54863) $72,896 - $106,798/year
- FINANCIAL EXAMINER 3 (54864) $83,582 - $122,832/year
- FINANCIAL EXAMINER 4 (54865) $100,498 - $148,187/year
- FINANCIAL EXAMINER 1 (54882) $63,663 - $92,953/year
What the Financial Examiner family covers
Financial Examiner covers 4 title codes arranged into 4 levels of responsibility. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Money titles are among the most portable in New Jersey government. The accounting, audit, budget and revenue series run in near-identical form at the state, in county finance offices and inside local civil service jurisdictions, which is why the same family often appears with both state and local codes. Requirements usually lean on a degree with accounting coursework rather than a license, and the CPA sits above the entry bar rather than at it. Promotion tends to follow the ledger: staff work first, then review of other people's work, then responsibility for a whole fund or program.
The ladder, ordered by pay
The Financial Examiner rungs, listed from the best paid down. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Financial Examiner 4 — $100,498 to $148,187 (a bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience)
- Financial Examiner 3 — $83,582 to $122,832 (a bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience)
- Financial Examiner 2 — $72,896 to $106,798 (a bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Financial Examiner 1 — $63,663 to $92,953 (a bachelor's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Financial Examiner 1 to the top of Financial Examiner 4 is $84,524, an increase of about 133% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
Reading the definitions side by side is the quickest way to see what changes as you move through the family.
- Financial Examiner 2: Under direction of a Financial Examiner 4 or other supervisor in the Department of Banking and Insurance, performs the routine detailed work involved in the…
- Financial Examiner 3: Under direction of a Financial Examiner 4 or other supervisor in the Department of Banking and Insurance, performs the more complex work involved in the examination…
- Financial Examiner 4: Under direction of a Managing Examiner or Chief Examiner in the Department of Banking and Insurance, supervises a group of financial examiners engaged in…
- Financial Examiner 1: Under direction of a Financial Examiner 4 or other supervisor in the Department of Banking and Insurance, assists in the routine detailed work involved in the…
Requirements across the family
Across the 4 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 4 of them. Stated experience runs from 1 year at the lowest rung to 4 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.
On how the jobs are filled: 4 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 33 people working under 4 of this family's titles, spread across 1 agency. Banking and Insurance alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Banking and Insurance — 33 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $72,830 for Financial Examiner 1 up to $129,353 for Financial Examiner 4. Those are medians of what people are really paid, not schedule minimums and maximums.
State payroll only, deduplicated by payroll title; local employers file separately, so a family with local codes looks smaller here than it is. How this is counted.
How the pay is set
Titles in this family are paid on the A-P-R-S salary schedule. See every step in that schedule. Bargaining is handled by CWA. Union contracts and rights are collected here.
Where these jobs exist
These are state titles, hired by New Jersey departments, commissions and boards through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process rather than by an ordinary job posting. How state hiring works, and which agencies employ what.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Other classifications built on the same terms as Financial Examiner. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Financial Examiner Trainee ($58,222 to $60,876, state jurisdiction)
- Certified Financial Examiner (state jurisdiction)
- Chief Financial Officer (local jurisdiction) — in the Chief family
- Financial Aid Assistant ($46,727 to $67,528, state jurisdiction)
- Administrative Financial Analyst (state jurisdiction)
- Director, Office of Financial Management (state jurisdiction) — in the Director family
Common questions about Financial Examiner jobs
How many Financial Examiner titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Financial Examiner family holds 4 title codes arranged across 4 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Financial Examiner earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $63,663 at the bottom of Financial Examiner 1 to $148,187 at the top of Financial Examiner 4. Those are schedule figures. Where the title appears on the state payroll, actual median pay is listed on the page above.
Do you need to take an exam to become a Financial Examiner?
Yes for most of the family. 4 of the 4 titles are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.
What qualifications does a Financial Examiner need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 4 of the 4 titles. Stated experience ranges from 1 to 4 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Financial Examiner staff?
State payroll records show 33 people in this family across 1 agency, with Banking and Insurance the largest at 33. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.